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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

WHEN: Preview Performances are Pay What You Can! Tonight, March 25th and Tomorrow, March 26th; Running through April 26th; Performances Thursday- Saturday at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 2:30 PM. OPENING NIGHT (Friday 3/27) OF UTOPIA PARKWAY IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT (Tickets are still available for all other performances!)WHERE: Single Carrot Theatre, 2600 N. Howard Street, BaltimoreTICKETS: Tickets for preview performances are available beginning at 6:30 PM. Ticket price will be determined by you!Cash and credit cards will be accepted. Other tickets: $10-30.FREE beer and wine with valid IDFREE parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to our building and on 26th Street

After a woman is rescued from a robbery, she promises her daughter’s hand to her savior in return. The young woman’s fairytale becomes anything but in this musically entrancing take on an old Chinese tale of innocence lost. With a boisterous chorus and a backdrop of a diverse and bustling Queens, New York; Charles Mee brings to life a beautifully lyricized story of bargaining and betrayal.

IN ORIGINAL PRONUNCIATION—AS SHAKESPEARE’S AUDIENCE WOULD HAVE HEARD IT!

The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF) presents the world's first modern production of "The Merchant of Venice" in Original Pronunciation (OP). Come see this controversial, comedic, and touching show - and hear itthe way it would have sounded to William Shakespeare himself.

Celebrate our FIRST Kurdish and Persian New Year with Ghazi Kurdistani’s band and Iranian duo, Behfar Bahadoran and Reza Sarlak and DJ J Fell! A delicious middle eastern buffet dinner will be available for purchase. Tickets & Info

A kids of all ages themed buffet dinner & movie. Expect childhood favorites like mac & cheese, pigs in a blanket, fish sticks, sliders, and more! Beverages for adults will be available for purchase. We will be screening Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Tickets & Info

DJ Rekha: Bhangra Dance Party!

SAT MAR 28 | 8 PM

Bhangra music was forged out of a combo of techno and Punjabi music. DJ Rekha is America’s foremost Bhangra DJ and the host of the long running Basement Bhangra party in NYC. Get ready to get down! Tickets & Info

Cumbia, Vallenato Dance Party with Very Be Careful

SUN MAR 29 | 5:30 PM

Enter the world of Los Angeles’s retro vallenato, Very Be Careful, built upon an unstoppable accordion driven cumbia beat. Their sound is true to the vallenato pioneers who codified the music in the ‘50s and ‘60s in Columbia. A Very Be Careful show is raw and rootsy—and is meant to make people move. Tickets & Info

McMurphy, a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison, learns he has made a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce martinet. He takes over the ward and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years - makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion; stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies.

See the entire Festival AND Marley with a 3-Play Membership!For as little as $89, you’ll see After the Revolution, Amy Herzog’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated 4000 Miles, and the World Premiere musical Marley!

Membership comes with great benefits, such as unlimited exchanges, drink discounts at the Center Stage bar, and more.

MarleyMusic and Lyrics by Bob MarleyBook by Kwame Kwei-ArmahWHEN: May 6–Jun 14From Center Stage Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah comes a World Premiere musical based on the life and music of Bob Marley.

We're springing forward to a new time! Join us for our annual gala and art auction as we celebrate spring and take a garden party to a new level. Ladies, wear your latest floral print dress and vibrant colored accessories; gents, find your bow ties and seersucker slacks to welcome the season.

Your ticket purchase will help us reach our $80,000 goal that will sustain our educational, artistic and collaborative programs at Baltimore Clayworks. This year enjoy hors d'oeuvres and gourmet food stations provided by chef Jerry Edwards and Chef's Expressions. Peruse silent auction tables filled with ceramic art, jewelry, artwork and experiences, while socializing with other guests at this fun filled fundraising event!

As we enter our 35th year of programming, we're pleased to honor the Clayworks' Past Board Presidents, who have been a vital part of the organization's legacy and sustainability. Joining us will be Henry Koether, Judith Langenthal, Marcia Mattingly, Bob Nickols, Nancy Sandbower, John Smith + more to be confirmed.

Clayworks Bash highlights and details can be found on our website. You may purchase tickets to the FULL GALA EXPERIENCE or the AFTER PARTY online or by calling 410.578.1919 x10.

Praised by Fred Hersch as “a first-rate musician in every way,” vocalist and composer Joanna Wallfisch moved to New York from her native London in 2012. Her debut CD Wild Swan featured jazz talents on the order of Rob Garcia, Joe Martin and Sam Newsome. Her 2015 follow-up, The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside), is an intricate, sonically enveloping duo project with acclaimed pianist Dan Tepfer.Hailing from an immediate and extended family of accomplished musicians (her mother a baroque violinist, father a cellist, one brother a film composer and conductor, the other an opera singer and cellist), Wallfisch earned a Masters in Jazz Performance from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2012.

Wallfisch has fashioned a musical identity of her own, drawing on jazz, theater, cabaret, dance, performance art and other disciplines. She plays piano and flute, works extensively with live vocal looping, and has even been known to do skillful maneuvers on a trapeze while singing and playing ukulele onstage. In addition to her output as a solo artist, Wallfisch has done work for film soundtracks—her song "Satellite" features on new movie Pressure, starring Danny Huston, while other vocal and lyric credits include All the Beautiful Things (Sundance), Desert Dancer, Dear Wendy, Summer in February, and also commercials.

Born in Paris to American parents, “tremendously gifted” (LA Times) pianist-composer Dan Tepfer has translated his bi-cultural identity into an exploration of music that ignores stylistic bounds. His 2011Goldberg Variations / Variations, which pairs his performance of Bach’s work with improvised variations of his own, has received broad praise as a “riveting, inspired, fresh musical exploration” (New York Times). He has worked with the leading lights in jazz, including extensively with saxophone luminary Lee Konitz, while releasing seven albums as a leader. As a composer, he is a recipient of the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for works including Concerto for Piano and Winds, premiered in the Prague Castle with himself on piano, and Solo Blues for Violin and Piano, premiered at Carnegie Hall.

Bringing together his undergraduate studies in astrophysics with his passion for music, he is currently working on integrating computer-driven algorithms into his improvisational approach. Awards include first prize and audience prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition, first prize at the East Coast Jazz Festival Competition, and the Cole Porter Fellowship from the American Pianists Association. His recent soundtrack for the independent featureMovement and Location was voted Best Original Score at the 2014 Brooklyn Film Festival.

"Joanna Wallfisch is a real discovery. Her clear and supple voice is able to convey her original compositions - and some imaginative covers - with great use of vocal color, superb diction and a strong emotional connection to what she sings...She is a first-rate musician in every way." —Fred Hersch

DISCOUNT PARKINGPark at the Franklin Street Garage (at the corner of Charles & Franklin Streets) for just $2 on evenings and weekends. You must pick up a voucher at An die Musik in order to receive the discounted rate.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Improv comedy + Stand-up comedy = Friday Night Fun

Mash 'em together for hilarity

It’s back! BIG’s hilarious stand up/improv mash up pairs four local stand ups with four BIG improv troupes. The comics provide input for the improvisors and the rest is magic. The troupes are Minority Re’port, Evan the Loyal, Plan B, and Impromptune. The comics are Tommy Sinbazo, Bryan Preston, and Mike Moran.

NYC invades Baltimore on Saturday night!

The amazing duo TRIKE takes the stage

NYC improv powerhouse duo TRIKE comes to BIG's stage Saturday night. The troupe regularly receives rave reviews for their performances in the Big Apple, so come check them out with BIG troupes Gus and Training for Prom!

Kids can come into SCT and walk out with a new skill! This weekend's class is Accents and Dialects, taught by professional actor and dialect coach Rachel Hirshorn.NO GROWN-UPS CAN TAKE THE CLASS (But they are welcome to come and hang out.)

This program is made possible thanks to funding for the NEA's Artist Within program, which you can learn aboutHERE.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY FORGED THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT ON A DIET OF PIZZA AND BEER. GET DOWN WITH YOUR FAVORITE REVOLUTIONARIES AT SINGLE CARROT ON MAY 2ND. LIVE JAMZ, PIZZA, BEER, AND A RADICAL RAFFLE.

Friday, March 6, 2015

Join us by the glowing furnaces and experience the art of forming colorful eggs from solid molten glass. We also host a cozy evening event which includes wine & cheese. Sign up online with your friends & family before we fill up!

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